Vagos Open Air

Vagos Open Air
Genre	Metal, gothic, rock
Dates	August
Location(s)	Vagos, Portugal
Years active	2009–2015

Vagos Open Air was an open-air heavy metal/rock festival held annually in Vagos, Portugal. The festival had been held there since 2009. It was organized by Prime Artists together with PEV Entertainment, two portuguese event promoters.

The origins of a music festival in the Aveiro region are traced to a small event, called Rock in Ria, featuring a few portuguese and international bands, but in 2009 that event gave way to a new full-fledged international festival which turned out to be one of the bigger heavy metal festivals in Portugal.

Since 2009 the festival was held in two locations: the village of Calvão and the city of Vagos itself, at Quinta do Ega.

In late 2015, it was announced the festival would relocate to Quinta da Marialva, in the city of Corroios, and change its name to VOA Fest. A successor, Vagos Metal Fest, was announced to take place in the same location as the previous incarnation of the festival a few months later. Both VOA Fest and Vagos Metal Fest held their first editions in 2016.

Lineups

2009

The year of 2009 saw the first incarnation of the festival, a two-day event held on Friday, 7 August and Saturday, 8 August at the football ground of a village named Calvão, near Vagos.

Friday	Saturday
F.E.V.E.R. Process of Guilt Kathaarsys Epica Katatonia The Gathering	Echidna Thee Orakle Dawn of Tears Cynic Dark Tranquillity Amon Amarth

2010

The 2010 edition was held on Friday, 6 August and Saturday, 7 August.

Friday	Saturday
Prayers of Sanity Miss Lava Gwydion Ensiferum My Dying Bride Meshuggah	The Firstborn Oblique Rain Ghost Brigade Amorphis Kamelot Carcass

2011

The 2011 edition was held on Friday, 5 August and Saturday, 6 August.

Friday	Saturday
Revolution Within Crushing Sun Essence Anathema Tiamat Opeth	We Are the Damned Malevolence Kalmah Ihsahn Devin Townsend Project Morbid Angel

2012

The 2012 edition was held on Friday, 3 August and Saturday, 4 August.

Friday	Saturday
Disaffected Northland Eluveitie Enslaved Arcturus At the Gates Nasum [Special guests]	Mindlock Chthonic Textures Coroner Overkill Arch Enemy

2013

The 2013 edition was held on Friday, 9 August and Saturday, 10 August and marked a change of location. The festival was then moved to the Quinta do Ega, a place in the city of Vagos.

Friday	Saturday
Secret Lie Bizarra Locomotiva Moonsorrow Evergrey Sonata Arctica Lacuna Coil	Web Tarantula Rotting Christ Iced Earth Gamma Ray (replacing Saxon) Testament

2014

The 2014 edition evolved into a three-day festival with the Sunday addition. It was held on Friday, 8 August, Saturday, 9 August and Sunday, 10 August.

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Gates of Hell Kandia Sylosis Soilwork Epica Kreator	Requiem Laus Angelus Apatrida The Haunted Behemoth Annihilator Opeth	Opus Diabolicum Murk Vita Imana The Quartet of Woah! Paradise Lost Gojira

2015

The 2015 edition was held on Friday, 7 August, Saturday, 8 August and Sunday, 9 August.

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Scar for Life Moonshade Vildhjarta Heaven Shall Burn Amorphis Within Temptation	W.A.K.O. Mutant Squad Destruction Triptykon Black Label Society Venom Filii Nigrantium Infernalium [Special guests]	Midnight Priest Ne Obliviscaris Alestorm Orphaned Land Overkill Bloodbath Ironsword [Special guests]

External links

• Prime Artists official website
• PEV Entertainment official website

References